diff --git a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-sink.c b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-sink.c
index 67523f1c9..457dc2785 100644
--- a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-sink.c
+++ b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-sink.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ static void update_size(struct userdata *u, pa_sample_spec *ss) {
 /* Called from IO context */
 static int unsuspend(struct userdata *u, bool recovering) {
     pa_sample_spec ss;
-    int err;
+    int err, i;
     bool b, d;
     snd_pcm_uframes_t period_frames, buffer_frames;
     snd_pcm_uframes_t tsched_frames = 0;
@@ -1172,13 +1172,26 @@ static int unsuspend(struct userdata *u, bool recovering) {
         pa_snprintf(device_name, len, "%s,AES0=6", u->device_name);
     }
 
-    if ((err = snd_pcm_open(&u->pcm_handle, device_name ? device_name : u->device_name, SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK,
-                            SND_PCM_NONBLOCK|
-                            SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_RESAMPLE|
-                            SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_CHANNELS|
-                            SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT)) < 0) {
-        pa_log("Error opening PCM device %s: %s", u->device_name, pa_alsa_strerror(err));
-        goto fail;
+    /*
+     * On some machines, during the system suspend and resume, the thread_func could receive
+     * POLLERR events before the dev nodes in /dev/snd/ are accessible, and thread_func calls
+     * the unsuspend() to try to recover the PCM, this will make the snd_pcm_open() fail, here
+     * we add msleep and retry to make sure those nodes are accessible.
+     */
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+	if ((err = snd_pcm_open(&u->pcm_handle, device_name ? device_name : u->device_name, SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK,
+				SND_PCM_NONBLOCK|
+				SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_RESAMPLE|
+				SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_CHANNELS|
+				SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT)) < 0 && recovering)
+	    pa_msleep(25);
+	else
+	    break;
+    }
+
+    if (err < 0) {
+	pa_log("Error opening PCM device %s: %s", u->device_name, pa_alsa_strerror(err));
+	goto fail;
     }
 
     if (pa_frame_size(&u->sink->sample_spec) != u->frame_size) {
diff --git a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-source.c b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-source.c
index 4b134d85c..da99ac610 100644
--- a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-source.c
+++ b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-source.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ static void update_size(struct userdata *u, pa_sample_spec *ss) {
 /* Called from IO context */
 static int unsuspend(struct userdata *u, bool recovering) {
     pa_sample_spec ss;
-    int err;
+    int err, i;
     bool b, d;
     snd_pcm_uframes_t period_frames, buffer_frames;
     snd_pcm_uframes_t tsched_frames = 0;
@@ -1044,12 +1044,25 @@ static int unsuspend(struct userdata *u, bool recovering) {
 
     pa_log_info("Trying resume...");
 
-    if ((err = snd_pcm_open(&u->pcm_handle, u->device_name, SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE,
-                            SND_PCM_NONBLOCK|
-                            SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_RESAMPLE|
-                            SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_CHANNELS|
-                            SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT)) < 0) {
-        pa_log("Error opening PCM device %s: %s", u->device_name, pa_alsa_strerror(err));
+    /*
+     * On some machines, during the system suspend and resume, the thread_func could receive
+     * POLLERR events before the dev nodes in /dev/snd/ are accessible, and thread_func calls
+     * the unsuspend() to try to recover the PCM, this will make the snd_pcm_open() fail, here
+     * we add msleep and retry to make sure those nodes are accessible.
+     */
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+	if ((err = snd_pcm_open(&u->pcm_handle, u->device_name, SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE,
+				SND_PCM_NONBLOCK|
+				SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_RESAMPLE|
+				SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_CHANNELS|
+				SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT)) < 0 && recovering)
+	    pa_msleep(25);
+	else
+	    break;
+    }
+
+    if (err < 0) {
+	pa_log("Error opening PCM device %s: %s", u->device_name, pa_alsa_strerror(err));
         goto fail;
     }